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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
2
A montage of era observations touches on European armies, naval vessels and figures like Dewey, and Queenly portraits. It recalls Klondike club life, volunteer soldiers per country, and a Manila victory noted for its surprisingly low powder cost. It also mentions Winnie Davis and a Dawson town life puzzle.
A sweeping weekly recap covers Philippine insurrection politics, Manila and Santiago troop movements, and U.S. military affairs including reorganization plans by Maj. Gen. Miles. It notes Admiral Cervera in Madrid, health conditions at Santiago, and Spanish resistance in Luzon.
Seventy miners were trapped after a gas explosion at the Rav pire mine of Snowden Gould & Co in Drawnaville pa with eight killed outright and three injured. Four men escaped near the entrance while others found another way out after traversing underground passages to Lynn station four miles from the mine opening. The list of dead includes John Manston Salem Helston Robert David John Newett William Pritchard Henry Magar John Cartwright James Hall and others. A second blast of fire damp followed the gas explosion.
Paris September 2 The trial of Col Piequart former head of the Secret Intelligence department and Maitre Le Blois for revealing intelligence about the national defense was adjourned indefinitely after Piequart opposed delay and declared he would speak only once. He was taken to prison by detectives amid an ovation. Gen Changine denies ordering forgery proceedings.
Chattanooga Tenn Sept 23 Secretary Alger arrived Wednesday night and with Surgeon General Sternberg and Brig Gen Boynton spent Thursday at Chickamauga park inspecting the hospitals amid controversy. He told a reporter the press has exaggerated conditions in some camps.
A grain elevator fire at Paddock, Hodge & Co in Toledo kills eight, burns many and injures others. The blaze releases a dust explosion described as deadly. Damaged property and grain valued around 150000, with insurance about 373000.
Detroit notices Taft era reform ideas and taxation critique as Governor Pingree is renominated by acclamation at the Republican state convention. The ticket includes Lieutenant Governor O W Robinson, Secretary of State J B Stearns, Auditor General Roxcoe, with cheers greeting the governor’s acceptance speech.
Reports from Kingston dated Sept 24 describe a devastating hurricane striking St Vincent, St Lucia, and Barbades. The storm damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, wrecked ships, and left up to 100 or more dead with substantial property losses across Kingston and surrounding districts.
The War Department has received no detailed reports or information from the Cuban military commission about its work in Havana. In response to a question on whether there was any delay, no facts are provided in the available text.
A group of ten miners including George H for four years and John Shannon narrowly escaped a collapse after driving a rock plane 25 feet into an adjoining chamber 180 feet from the main gangway. A box around pillars may have given way, triggering the near disaster.
Reports from Australian papers on the steamer Mameda recount the wreck of the C C Fank on Flinders Island on July 3 with ten crew lost. Only two seamen, Albert Krogh and John Fetersen, survived. one body recovered by the Alameda as it sailed.
A Chicago Post item discusses gender bias and workplace etiquette. It contrasts a man clinging to a seat with the idea of offering a job to a deserving woman. The piece argues old fashioned courtesy may fade amid changing conditions, highlighting selfish behavior and implied double standards.
A fragment from a Cheveland Plain Dealer item recounts a country farm mischief by a city boy who hides eggs in a stable, imagining a miracle. The page then shifts to a Watertown Herald report of John Young's fall from scaffolding, paralysis, and recovery aided by Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, followed by a note on the pills' claimed cures and a brief exchange about Mr Davies as an intellectual rival.
A wartime note praises The American Tobacco Co for supplying soldiers and sailors with tobacco and pipes at no cost, detailing headquarters in camps and ships, and noting over one hundred thousand pounds of tobacco and fifty thousand pipes donated. It highlights corporate compassion amid hardship.
A pamphlet warns that minor daily slips can cause womb displacement and serious illness in women. It urges prompt action, cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health restoration aid, and includes a Bay City testimonial praising relief from generative weakness and backache after treatment.
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